Talk:Reed Timmer

Reed Timmer is currently an Earth sciences good article nominee. Nominated by ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) at 18:07, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

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Short description: American meteorologist and storm chaser

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Contradiction tag

IP editor 204.98.124.205 (who added the tag here), I'd like to discuss the tag with you. Timmer did marry Molina in 2015, as stated in both Timmer and Molina's articles, but their divorce in 2018 I could not find a reliable source for. The closest I could get was Timmer and Molina recalling a tornado near Wray, Colorado in 2016 but does not mention the divorce. Therefore, I did remove the divorce information from Timmer's article but not Molina's, that's what I believe as to why the {{Contradicts other}} tag was added. However, if the divorce information were to be re-added to Timmer's article, then it'll have to be added with a reliable source (I couldn't find one), otherwise, I'm not sure what to do. Any ideas? ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 01:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I did find this, but I'm not sure if it's reliable or not... ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 01:29, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If there’s no reliable source, shouldn’t it also be removed from Molina’s? 204.98.124.205 (talk) 03:08, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I was thinking; I think that's the best outcome in this case. ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 12:15, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Reed Timmer/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Tails Wx (talk · contribs) 18:07, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Reconrabbit (talk · contribs) 17:14, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I'm taking on this review. Recon rabbit 17:14, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reviewing this GAN, Reconrabbit! I appreciate it, and I'm pretty sure I've resolved all your concerns below. :) ~ Tails Wx 01:03, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Want to let you know that I did read your changes to the article, but there might be some delay in finishing the review. I've been pretty sick the past few days. Recon rabbit 02:55, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, sounds good. Wishing you a speedy recovery! ~ Tails Wx 12:32, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tails Wx I'm a bit better now. Some more notes. Recon rabbit 14:41, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Prose notes

"Tornado warned-storm" or "tornado-warned storm"?

Yeah, it's "tornado-warned storm". ~ Tails Wx 01:02, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Under 2019-present, the phrase "a Dominator 3" is used. Are there multiple Dominator 3s?

Nope, there's just one! Replaced "a" with "the". ~ Tails Wx 01:02, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Running into some WP:PROSELINE writing under the storm chasing career, but the paragraphs are large enough for it to not make a major impact.

Broadness

A pretty clear timeline of the notable events in Reed's life, but lacks cohesion. I can see that being a consequence of the type of references used that are all "top 5 closest calls" etc.
What did he do on Storm Chasers in 2007 (-2008?)? Did he do anything notable in 2014?

Focus

Goes into detail on major events without repeating articles verbatim. Y
Some concerns about due weight on his personal life, specifically his siblings' names and parents' divorce.

I did remove his siblings' names, but kept the info on his parents' divorce because it seemed...notable, in my opinion. ~ Tails Wx 01:02, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality

No ongoing or recent edit wars.

Copyright violations

None found, all sources in English so no concern of translated copied material, other language Wikipedia articles have little to no overlap. Y

References

List style conforms to manual of style. Y

Check sources based on this revision:

[1] I assume only one doctoral advisor is typically listed, but why Peter Lamb specifically? There are 2 others at the source and no indication of which matters more.
[6] Y
[9] Y
[16] Sentence describing the April 27, 2011 outbreak doesn't include the EF5 tornado this source supports.

Original research

All statements backed up by references. Y

Images

Images currently in the article are tagged with attribution and licenses. Y
There was a photo of Reed Timmer in the article before but it was deleted. Out of scope here but keep that in mind.

Misc. notes

I split his secondary education into two sentences since I felt it was too long compared to the rest of the article. Also, it was sitting on its own there. Recon rabbit 14:41, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

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